We are approaching the end of another blogging year, time to get a bit sentimental and do somereminisces... perhaps even more this year than other years as Bloesem will be celebrating it's 5th anniversary real soon.

{images: home of Ena, one of the founding partners of Wondermilk here in Kuala Lumpur}

Last year was a very special blogging year for me due to to the visit of a friend from the Netherlands. I'm talking about Marjon Hoogervorst, the Dutch photographer I have talked about a lot lately... she and I met each other via Bloesem and we decided of organising a blind-date here in KL with a mission to photograph as much as possible in one week...

Marjon has captured my way of living here in KL very well and she taught me so much about photography that I dare to show you more of my own images next year. I have asked Marjon to answer some questions for me and I am sharing my favorites pics with you from our shoots during that week. Hope you enjoy them!

R: ritual... the Chinese tempel Irene wrote about is full of rituals in one place! Another ritual: maybe doing this every year! ;)

I: interesting.... the language. Some words they literally translate from the sound of english words. Like "Teksi" (Taxi)

N: No way... bring me (and irene) some damage and steal my camera! We stood in an alley where we were shooting. In a few seconds a car blocked our exit and three men in suit with a little bag(in a pour neighbourhood) came by. They wanted to drug us and take my camera. Luckily Irene saved me here. She mentioned it immediately and showed me that I have to look to these men, pont out "one-two-three") and walk away... That was frightening...Goal: stay connected in loving the things I (want to) do. This year I worked a lot with more and more international clients! I love this dynamic!

Hi and welcome to Bloesem! My name is Irene Hoofs and I started this journal in 2006 wanting to share my passion for design, art and craft with you. I moved to a new platform in 2016 called BloesemDesign.com